Narrative Life

Democratic Curriculum and Indigenous Learning

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Philosophy & Social Aspects
Cover of the book Narrative Life by Neil Hooley, Springer Netherlands
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Neil Hooley ISBN: 9781402097355
Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication: April 29, 2009
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: Neil Hooley
ISBN: 9781402097355
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication: April 29, 2009
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

Indigenous education is one of the great challenges facing humanity in the historic quest for a democratic and peaceful future. The 370 million Indigenous peoples of the world demand that the racist and colonial wrongs of the past be recti ed and that they stand as equals in confronting the social, political and cultural problems that surround us all. Education offers a way forward, whether concerned with the public good, schooling for all citizens including universal primary education and expanding secondary education, the education of women regardless of background, the inclusion of local cultures, literacy and numeracy for all as a democratic right and the provisionof comprehensiveeducationthat enables both personal aspiration, cultural satisfaction and economic pathways. What this means is that all children no matter where they live, no matter what theirbackgroundorthecolouroftheirskinshouldexpecttohaveaccesstoeducation of the highest quality. This does not impose a particular style of education for local communitiesbut respects that educationaldirections must be decidedindependently by countries themselves. Within this general context, there is also something most profound about Indigenous knowing, of appreciating Indigenous perspectives and applying these across all knowledge, across all subjects of a curriculum. Rather than accepting the one often highly conservative and dominant view of knowledge, teaching and learning for all schools, Indigenous perspectives offer other insights and means of analysis, re ection and critique. These can open up elds of creative and critical learning for all children, including the dispossessed, marginalised and disenfranchised.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Indigenous education is one of the great challenges facing humanity in the historic quest for a democratic and peaceful future. The 370 million Indigenous peoples of the world demand that the racist and colonial wrongs of the past be recti ed and that they stand as equals in confronting the social, political and cultural problems that surround us all. Education offers a way forward, whether concerned with the public good, schooling for all citizens including universal primary education and expanding secondary education, the education of women regardless of background, the inclusion of local cultures, literacy and numeracy for all as a democratic right and the provisionof comprehensiveeducationthat enables both personal aspiration, cultural satisfaction and economic pathways. What this means is that all children no matter where they live, no matter what theirbackgroundorthecolouroftheirskinshouldexpecttohaveaccesstoeducation of the highest quality. This does not impose a particular style of education for local communitiesbut respects that educationaldirections must be decidedindependently by countries themselves. Within this general context, there is also something most profound about Indigenous knowing, of appreciating Indigenous perspectives and applying these across all knowledge, across all subjects of a curriculum. Rather than accepting the one often highly conservative and dominant view of knowledge, teaching and learning for all schools, Indigenous perspectives offer other insights and means of analysis, re ection and critique. These can open up elds of creative and critical learning for all children, including the dispossessed, marginalised and disenfranchised.

More books from Springer Netherlands

Cover of the book The Drawings of Raymond Lafage by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Earth Paleoenvironments: Records Preserved in Mid- and Low-Latitude Glaciers by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Recent Advances in QSAR Studies by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Famine by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Beyond the Inner and the Outer by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Consumption and Well-Being in the Material World by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book MicroRNA in Cancer by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Contemporary Perspectives on Early Modern Philosophy by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Satellite Remote Sensing for Resources Development by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Environmental Dilemmas by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Human Rights and Human Nature by Neil Hooley
Cover of the book Karl Löwith’s View of History: A Critical Appraisal of Historicism by Neil Hooley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy